Partying on the Edge of the Eurozone Volcano

The Financial Times has two heated articles (relative to the each writer's normal emotional register) on the continuing Greece neverending bailout saga, one from Wolfgang Munchau, the other from John Dizard. Munchau and Dizard reach the same conclusion from different fact sets: the latest Greek patch-up exercise is only going to make matters worse, politically and economically.

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Source: Naked Capitalism

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